"We also have one more purpose to you remarrying the king. We want to
present your son at that time as well." The council members were saying.
The king and the prince walked into the room at that time. "Present him for what?" Lord Van's voice filled the room drawing the attention away from Hitomi.
The members of the council gasped at how alike the said men looked. "Your majesty, we want you to remarry the queen and to have your son's debut at the same time." There was a silent murmur at the shock of how much the two actually looked alike. They all seemed to be talking about it.
"That will be up to her and I to discuss later." His voice held the authority of his station. "When is their test going to be?" Lord Van joined Hitomi while he made the council member on the right go and sit in a back seat. - - - Ego- while it's heart-warming there will be twists and turns in here that should make it even more interesting. (Some even I don't know about.) Thanks for the compliment.
Officially Obsessed with Pyro- You're right. I kind of agree with you. He is cool and hot headed. I hadn't even thought about X-men's Pyro. Just don't put anyone on fire.
Twilight Hacker- You'll find out what he means in this chapter.
Sisame21- I'm glad that you have joined the reading list and enjoy the story. I hope you enjoy this chapter as well.
Chapter 5
-Vanel-
I sat down beside my father. They were talking about me as if I was an object for them to play with. My Okaasan looks really nervous at the moment. I wonder how many times she has set before this council. I know that she has acted as a diplomat for our country for a long time. I wouldn't think that this would make her nervous. Then again she is queen here. She conveniently left off that part when she was telling me about this place.
I realize that I'm being spoken to. "I'm sorry what was that?"
He looked at the man that had been speaking. "Your test begins tomorrow morning."
"Does that include my Okaasan's test?" I ask. I obviously really hadn't been paying any attention. The man looked annoyed.
"Yes. Hers will be separate from yours though." The man sighed.
I look at the man. "I do have one question. Why does Okaa-san have to take a test if she is already queen?"
"You notice that most of the people here are younger men, right?"
I shake my head that I had noticed. "Well most of them don't remember her. They only know of her because she helped us win the destiny war. That is why she needs to retake the test." He answered before he sat down.
Hitomi looked around the room. "If you'll excuse me, I have some prep work to do to get ready." She left the room with one sweep.
The council members started talking all at once. "Where'd you find her? How did she get back? When.... Wow the queen is quite a ........."
I glared at them. I didn't even think about what I did next. "Will you guys stop talking about her as if she is a thing or a piece of property! My Okaa-san and I are not one." I stalk out of the room.
-Normal-
Hitomi went to the room that she shared with Van. "I need to get out my training clothes."
"Your Highness, are you looking for something?" One of the maids asked as she walked by the open door.
"Yes, I'm looking for the clothes that I came in."
"Oh, I don't think that we have them anymore." She answered. "They were all cut up it looked like." The maid looked bewildered at the queen. They were strange clothes for any person to wear, let alone a woman.
"Oh were they? Okay, I'll just use my husbands." She dismissed the maid with a wave of her hand.
Hitomi found the training grounds that she wanted. They were kind of secluded. The only problem was that there were those blasted bodyguards that she didn't want around her. Thanks to her son and husband who were determined that she was going to have extra protection. As if she didn't have enough protection.
She had picked up a sword from the training area. Her sword was on the Mystic Moon. She didn't know where Van had placed her Fanelian sword. She would have to ask him. She had been working for an hour before she saw her son once again.
"Okaa-san, don't you usually train with someone and what are you doing out here by yourself?"
"I'm not by myself. You see those lovely guards there? Just because you and your Otou-san agreed that I needed extra protection they have been following me like faithful dogs. I don't want them by my side." Hitomi informed her son while tossing him a sword. They thrust and parried while they held the conversation.
"I only want them with you because someone is trying to kill you." Vanel stepped back from his mother's lunge.
"Yeah, you and your father have always been a little too protective of me. Don't you men realize that I can take care of myself?"
"I don't know about Otou-san but I know that I love you. I almost lost you twice in a row. I don't know what I would do if something really did happen to you." He dodged his mother's kick.
"I acted as a diplomat for Japan. You don't think that I wasn't trained to take care of myself?"
"I know you were Okaa-san but I also know that you had guards all around you then. What is the difference here?"
"I don't want them!" She yelled frustrated. "I've always hated having them around."
"Too bad Okaa-san. I may not like the fact that I am the son of a king but I can definitely use the advantage of getting my Otou-san to put some guards around you. So I guess you'll have to live with it." Her son answered obstinately.
She lunged again, barely missing him. "Fine."
"What do you have to be upset about anyways? I'm the one who found out that I was a prince and you were a queen. Why didn't you tell me about that?"
"It wasn't that important." She answered before she sent another kick in his direction.
"It wasn't that important and I am a diplomat's kid." The sarcasm could be heard very clearly in his voice. "I know more about politics than anyone I know of, besides you. You didn't think that this little piece of information was important enough to tell me?"
She stopped at the last comment. "I was going to tell you in a couple more years." He thrust the sword toward her and she blocked.
Van clapped his hands when they stopped. "You did a good job." He congratulated them. "You look good in my clothes."
Hitomi blushed a hundred shades of red. "I didn't have any of my own training clothes." She looked down at the ground.
Vanel groaned. "Will you two get it over already and kiss?" Hitomi chuckled.
"I'm sure that there will be a pretty girl for you to flirt with soon enough. I'm surprised that you aren't flirting with the maids."
Van looked at his son and thought for a minute. "Well there is one. You remember Dryden and Millerna?" Hitomi nodded.
"I remember. How could I forget them?" She answered.
"They have a very pretty 15 year old daughter. She should be here with her parents before evening dinner." Lord Van told her.
"Oh good. Whatever became of Allen?" That question was met with silence. "Not good, huh?" She asked.
He leaned over to whisper in her ear. "I'll tell you later."
"Lord Van, Kind Dryden and Queen Millerna have just arrived."
"Thank you." He dismissed the servant.
"Well, you ready?"
"Yeah let me check on Vanel." Hitomi went to his room.
"Okaa-san I'm not wearing this pompous piece of..." Vanel protested.
"Wear your regular clothes." She told him before he turned around.
"You look beautiful." His breath caught in his throat with surprise. He gave his mother a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you. Do you know where the reception hall is?" Hitomi asked.
"I think if I get lost I can ask one of the pretty maids." Vanel flashed one of his most flirtatious smiles.
"Van, you better behave." Hitomi reprimanded her son.
"I will Okaa-san. I promise." He watched his mother walk out. She really did look like a queen. 'Okaa-san, you look like you belong here on Gaia as well as Earth.' He changed into some tan pants and a red shirt.
-Hitomi and Van-
"Your majesties, King Dryden and Queen Millerna of Asturia." A servant announced.
"Thank you." Lord Van dismissed them.
"Your majesties?" Millerna could be heard asking as she entered the room. They stepped through and just stopped at the sight of Hitomi.
"Lady Hitomi?" Dryden asked.
"Yes, it's me."
Van could be heard chuckling in the background. "What's so funny Van?" King Dryden asked.
"I never thought that Millerna could be rendered speechless." Lord Van stopped just as he heard...
"Hitomi!!!!!!!!!" Millerna had gotten over her shock. She forgot all about protocol and the two women met in a fierce hug.
"Where were you? Never mind, I know where you were. Why didn't you return to Van? What have you been doing with yourself?" The questions spilled out faster then Millerna could think them.
"Okaa-san, will you tell these bozos that they don't have to announce me?" Vanel's voice could be heard outside the door.
"It's alright guard, we're still working on protocol." Hitomi dismissed the man.
Millerna again was left speechless. "I'd like you to meet my son." Hitomi introduced him automatically, not even thinking about Van being right behind her. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "I mean our son." She quickly corrected.
- - - - Okay guys not the cliffhanger I wanted but the story is slowly unfolding. What could have happened to Allen Schezar knight of Asturia? You know the drill. You have to give me an honest review. Have fun!
The king and the prince walked into the room at that time. "Present him for what?" Lord Van's voice filled the room drawing the attention away from Hitomi.
The members of the council gasped at how alike the said men looked. "Your majesty, we want you to remarry the queen and to have your son's debut at the same time." There was a silent murmur at the shock of how much the two actually looked alike. They all seemed to be talking about it.
"That will be up to her and I to discuss later." His voice held the authority of his station. "When is their test going to be?" Lord Van joined Hitomi while he made the council member on the right go and sit in a back seat. - - - Ego- while it's heart-warming there will be twists and turns in here that should make it even more interesting. (Some even I don't know about.) Thanks for the compliment.
Officially Obsessed with Pyro- You're right. I kind of agree with you. He is cool and hot headed. I hadn't even thought about X-men's Pyro. Just don't put anyone on fire.
Twilight Hacker- You'll find out what he means in this chapter.
Sisame21- I'm glad that you have joined the reading list and enjoy the story. I hope you enjoy this chapter as well.
Chapter 5
-Vanel-
I sat down beside my father. They were talking about me as if I was an object for them to play with. My Okaasan looks really nervous at the moment. I wonder how many times she has set before this council. I know that she has acted as a diplomat for our country for a long time. I wouldn't think that this would make her nervous. Then again she is queen here. She conveniently left off that part when she was telling me about this place.
I realize that I'm being spoken to. "I'm sorry what was that?"
He looked at the man that had been speaking. "Your test begins tomorrow morning."
"Does that include my Okaasan's test?" I ask. I obviously really hadn't been paying any attention. The man looked annoyed.
"Yes. Hers will be separate from yours though." The man sighed.
I look at the man. "I do have one question. Why does Okaa-san have to take a test if she is already queen?"
"You notice that most of the people here are younger men, right?"
I shake my head that I had noticed. "Well most of them don't remember her. They only know of her because she helped us win the destiny war. That is why she needs to retake the test." He answered before he sat down.
Hitomi looked around the room. "If you'll excuse me, I have some prep work to do to get ready." She left the room with one sweep.
The council members started talking all at once. "Where'd you find her? How did she get back? When.... Wow the queen is quite a ........."
I glared at them. I didn't even think about what I did next. "Will you guys stop talking about her as if she is a thing or a piece of property! My Okaa-san and I are not one." I stalk out of the room.
-Normal-
Hitomi went to the room that she shared with Van. "I need to get out my training clothes."
"Your Highness, are you looking for something?" One of the maids asked as she walked by the open door.
"Yes, I'm looking for the clothes that I came in."
"Oh, I don't think that we have them anymore." She answered. "They were all cut up it looked like." The maid looked bewildered at the queen. They were strange clothes for any person to wear, let alone a woman.
"Oh were they? Okay, I'll just use my husbands." She dismissed the maid with a wave of her hand.
Hitomi found the training grounds that she wanted. They were kind of secluded. The only problem was that there were those blasted bodyguards that she didn't want around her. Thanks to her son and husband who were determined that she was going to have extra protection. As if she didn't have enough protection.
She had picked up a sword from the training area. Her sword was on the Mystic Moon. She didn't know where Van had placed her Fanelian sword. She would have to ask him. She had been working for an hour before she saw her son once again.
"Okaa-san, don't you usually train with someone and what are you doing out here by yourself?"
"I'm not by myself. You see those lovely guards there? Just because you and your Otou-san agreed that I needed extra protection they have been following me like faithful dogs. I don't want them by my side." Hitomi informed her son while tossing him a sword. They thrust and parried while they held the conversation.
"I only want them with you because someone is trying to kill you." Vanel stepped back from his mother's lunge.
"Yeah, you and your father have always been a little too protective of me. Don't you men realize that I can take care of myself?"
"I don't know about Otou-san but I know that I love you. I almost lost you twice in a row. I don't know what I would do if something really did happen to you." He dodged his mother's kick.
"I acted as a diplomat for Japan. You don't think that I wasn't trained to take care of myself?"
"I know you were Okaa-san but I also know that you had guards all around you then. What is the difference here?"
"I don't want them!" She yelled frustrated. "I've always hated having them around."
"Too bad Okaa-san. I may not like the fact that I am the son of a king but I can definitely use the advantage of getting my Otou-san to put some guards around you. So I guess you'll have to live with it." Her son answered obstinately.
She lunged again, barely missing him. "Fine."
"What do you have to be upset about anyways? I'm the one who found out that I was a prince and you were a queen. Why didn't you tell me about that?"
"It wasn't that important." She answered before she sent another kick in his direction.
"It wasn't that important and I am a diplomat's kid." The sarcasm could be heard very clearly in his voice. "I know more about politics than anyone I know of, besides you. You didn't think that this little piece of information was important enough to tell me?"
She stopped at the last comment. "I was going to tell you in a couple more years." He thrust the sword toward her and she blocked.
Van clapped his hands when they stopped. "You did a good job." He congratulated them. "You look good in my clothes."
Hitomi blushed a hundred shades of red. "I didn't have any of my own training clothes." She looked down at the ground.
Vanel groaned. "Will you two get it over already and kiss?" Hitomi chuckled.
"I'm sure that there will be a pretty girl for you to flirt with soon enough. I'm surprised that you aren't flirting with the maids."
Van looked at his son and thought for a minute. "Well there is one. You remember Dryden and Millerna?" Hitomi nodded.
"I remember. How could I forget them?" She answered.
"They have a very pretty 15 year old daughter. She should be here with her parents before evening dinner." Lord Van told her.
"Oh good. Whatever became of Allen?" That question was met with silence. "Not good, huh?" She asked.
He leaned over to whisper in her ear. "I'll tell you later."
"Lord Van, Kind Dryden and Queen Millerna have just arrived."
"Thank you." He dismissed the servant.
"Well, you ready?"
"Yeah let me check on Vanel." Hitomi went to his room.
"Okaa-san I'm not wearing this pompous piece of..." Vanel protested.
"Wear your regular clothes." She told him before he turned around.
"You look beautiful." His breath caught in his throat with surprise. He gave his mother a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you. Do you know where the reception hall is?" Hitomi asked.
"I think if I get lost I can ask one of the pretty maids." Vanel flashed one of his most flirtatious smiles.
"Van, you better behave." Hitomi reprimanded her son.
"I will Okaa-san. I promise." He watched his mother walk out. She really did look like a queen. 'Okaa-san, you look like you belong here on Gaia as well as Earth.' He changed into some tan pants and a red shirt.
-Hitomi and Van-
"Your majesties, King Dryden and Queen Millerna of Asturia." A servant announced.
"Thank you." Lord Van dismissed them.
"Your majesties?" Millerna could be heard asking as she entered the room. They stepped through and just stopped at the sight of Hitomi.
"Lady Hitomi?" Dryden asked.
"Yes, it's me."
Van could be heard chuckling in the background. "What's so funny Van?" King Dryden asked.
"I never thought that Millerna could be rendered speechless." Lord Van stopped just as he heard...
"Hitomi!!!!!!!!!" Millerna had gotten over her shock. She forgot all about protocol and the two women met in a fierce hug.
"Where were you? Never mind, I know where you were. Why didn't you return to Van? What have you been doing with yourself?" The questions spilled out faster then Millerna could think them.
"Okaa-san, will you tell these bozos that they don't have to announce me?" Vanel's voice could be heard outside the door.
"It's alright guard, we're still working on protocol." Hitomi dismissed the man.
Millerna again was left speechless. "I'd like you to meet my son." Hitomi introduced him automatically, not even thinking about Van being right behind her. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "I mean our son." She quickly corrected.
- - - - Okay guys not the cliffhanger I wanted but the story is slowly unfolding. What could have happened to Allen Schezar knight of Asturia? You know the drill. You have to give me an honest review. Have fun!